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MY HEART IS SAIB WF HEAVY CARE
Air— The rosy brier.
JM.Y heart is sair with heavy care,
To think on Friendship's fickle smile.
It blinks a wee, with kindly e'e,
When world's thrift runs weel the while.
But, let Misfortune's tempests low'r,
It soon turns cold, it soon turns sour,
It looks sae high and scornfully,
It winna ken a poor man's door.
I ance had siller in my purse,
I dealt it out right frank and free,
And hop'd, should Fortune change her course,.
That they would do the same for me.
But, weak in wit, I little thought
That Friendship's smiles were sold and bought^
'Till ance I saw, like April snaw,
They wan'd awa* when I had nonght
MY HEART IS SAIB WF HEAVY CARE
Air— The rosy brier.
JM.Y heart is sair with heavy care,
To think on Friendship's fickle smile.
It blinks a wee, with kindly e'e,
When world's thrift runs weel the while.
But, let Misfortune's tempests low'r,
It soon turns cold, it soon turns sour,
It looks sae high and scornfully,
It winna ken a poor man's door.
I ance had siller in my purse,
I dealt it out right frank and free,
And hop'd, should Fortune change her course,.
That they would do the same for me.
But, weak in wit, I little thought
That Friendship's smiles were sold and bought^
'Till ance I saw, like April snaw,
They wan'd awa* when I had nonght
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90348146 |
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| Description | A notice respecting the life and writings of the author [by James Muir] is prefixed. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.139 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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